Of course, Ella was not afraid of such a thing happening. The opponent's level according to the "Terrain Search" was less than level three, and she could defeat him with her bare hands. What made her uneasy was that she was afraid that the guards hiding in the distance would suddenly rush out and beat the opponent up. In the current state of this short demon, if he met the guards who were knights, he would definitely be beaten half to death.

Glancing to the side, Ella showed a look of rejection.

"Ah... well... I can go by myself."

"But didn't you manage to squeeze in just now, little girl? You look like you're new to the Eastern Demon Territory, right? I'm a veteran here, and as long as you give me the money, you can easily get everything here."

"Eh? Give you the money?"

"Yeah, that's it."

The short man first puffed out his chest confidently, then rubbed his hands embarrassedly.

"It's just... I'll take a small reward."

While speaking, he extended his hand to indicate the size of "small" to Ella.

The development was completely different from what she had imagined. After weighing the pros and cons, Ella quickly agreed to the other party.

"Hmm, if that's the case, alright."

"Oh, thank you for your patronage. I, Kos, will take care of it for you right away."

With a somewhat disgusting smile on his face, Kos stretched out his hand towards Ella. After hesitating for a moment, Ella took out a silver coin from the warehouse and put it in Kos's hand. Except for the demon gold coins, all the gold coins he earned were placed with Ruthie. He only had less than three gold coins in pocket money on him. Considering that the other party might sneak away after getting the money, he only gave her one silver coin.

"Oh, you're paying with silver coins. You must be the daughter of a wealthy merchant. But don't worry, Kos always values ​​integrity. What can I buy?"

"How about one of each? Is one silver coin enough?"

"Of course. Then, please wait a moment, little girl."

After paying Ella a clumsy courtesy, Kos quickly disappeared from Ella's sight. Although Ella was initially worried that Kos would take the opportunity to disappear in the crowd, from the "topographic search", it seemed that Kos was really fulfilling his promise and was crowding in front of the stall with other customers who wanted to buy.

"Surprisingly, he's a nice guy... The reason he's dressed so ragged is probably because he doesn't have much business."

In fact, this is indeed the case. Although since the portal between the Eastern Demon Territory and the Western Demon Territory was opened, countless people like Ella have come here for the first time, but there are very few people who are really willing to buy Kos's accounts. This is a problem of money concept. When the stall is right in front of them, most people are willing to spend more time to buy it. People like Ella who can't squeeze in at all are only a very small minority.

After a while, Kos, sweating profusely, came in front of Ella. Although Kos looked disheveled, the paper bag he was holding was not damaged at all, and it seemed that he often hung out here.

"This is what the little girl wants. After deducting the 2 iron coins as reward, I'll give you 6 copper coins and 5 iron coins as change."

"Eh? Only 2 iron coins?"

I thought it would be in copper coins.

Kos stared at the matter with his deep-set eyes wide open.

"Of course, if the fees are too high, no one will come to me next time. Don't look at me like that, I am a very honest demon."

"Ahaha, I see. I'll ask Mr. Kos for help next time if I have the chance."

"I'm happy to serve you. Well, I'll go find other customers first. I hope you can find a suitable partner among the Eastern Demon Tribe. If any little guy in the territory can marry a girl as cute as you, it must be with the blessing of the Demon King, hahahaha."

Kos made a face that he thought was playful but was actually disgusting, waved to Ella, and turned to walk away.

Feeling rude about her previous thoughts, Ella took out a skewer of meat that was roasted to a golden brown color from the paper bag.

"Ah~ah, it's surprisingly good, um—in every sense."

Chapter 14 Things get bad!

Although it would be more intoxicating to sit down and slowly enjoy the grease overflowing in your mouth, there were no public facilities such as stone benches in the square, so if you wanted to rest you could only sit on the ground in a corner. So Ella could only choose to enjoy the food while appreciating the exotic scenery.

"I expected a lot of people, but I didn't expect this many..."

Ella kept looking around, making sure the paper bag in her hand wasn't squeezed away by passersby.

"I should have asked Kos to buy less. It feels like it would take me days to eat everything here. Eh? What is that...?"

Stopping in her tracks, Ella focused her attention on a roadside stall. Unlike other stalls in the square, there were almost no customers here. In the light of the surrounding firelight, Ella could easily see the sad face of the stall owner, who was about thirty years old.

However, what attracted Ella's attention was not the number of people, but the sign on the shop - although the painting skills were poor, the general appearance could still be seen. If she guessed correctly, it should be the dish called Tamagoyaki from the previous world.

"I didn't expect to see it here..."

With some expectations, Ella tied the paper bag in her hand tightly and put it into storage, then turned and walked towards the place where tamagoyaki was sold.

"How many iron coins does this cost?"

With previous experience, I already know that the snacks nearby are all sold in iron coins and are quite cheap.

Hearing someone calling him, the stall owner looked up listlessly.

"One iron coin per portion—no, little girl, you should try it first before deciding whether to buy it... Everyone says it tastes terrible, but I'm already very happy that you're willing to try it."

"Ah... is it that unpalatable?"

Based on my experience in my previous life, although tamagoyaki can be made into sweet or savory flavors according to your preference, both are very popular dishes and cannot be said to be unpalatable.

Could it be that people in different worlds have huge differences in their perception of taste?

Ella couldn't help but have such thoughts.

"This is something we've been trying for a long time, but it's completely unpopular. We should probably sell some other desserts. Here are the remaining portions. Little girl, you can try some in the back seats."

Obviously lacking confidence in himself, the stall owner handed the plate of tamagoyaki to Ella and turned to look at the passers-by in the square.

"I always feel a little sorry for it."

Muttering softly, Ella followed the direction pointed by the shop owner and came to the table behind the stall.

Judging from the appearance, there is nothing unusual about the tamagoyaki in front of her. Not only is the surface golden yellow, but the shape is also very small, making people want to take a bite. If Ella had to find a flaw, it would probably be that there is no smell and no sauce on the surface.

"Hmm... I don't see anything strange about it, so I'll give it a try anyway."

After picking up the food with chopsticks and taking a small bite, Ella's expression froze as soon as the food touched her tongue. Then she swallowed it quickly without chewing, took out the not-so-palatable green tea from the storage and began to rinse her mouth.

"Grr, this kind of flavor... I wonder if anyone would buy it!"

Not only does it have no taste at all - no matter sweet or salty, it even has a fishy smell unique to eggs. This fishy smell is infinitely amplified by the cooking method, to the point of filling the entire tip of the tongue. In summary, it is a very unpalatable dish. If I hadn't considered the stall owner's experience, I would probably spit out everything I had eaten.

"Look... everyone's reacting the same way. Let's just close up shop for today."

The man showed a sad expression on his face, bent down and began to pack up his stall.

"Wait, let me ask you, isn't there any sugar or other seasonings added to this? Aren't the eggs used as the ingredient the type that have been stored for a long time?"

"Can the little girl taste that the ingredients are eggs?"

The stall owner stopped packing up his stall, looked up, and a look of surprise flashed across his face.

Although I really want to say that the raw material of tamagoyaki is eggs, of course I can't explain it using the language of my previous life.

"Well, I think it could be improved."

"Improvement? From what the girl just said, you want to add sugar, right? Sugar is too expensive. At one iron coin a portion, it's not enough to cover the cost. As for the eggs, they're fresh eggs from the market this morning. They haven't been stored for very long."

"Hmm...so it's a matter of species..."

I have heard that eggs from different regions taste different, so the fishy smell I tasted before might be due to the type of eggs used by the stall owner.

While thinking this, Ella dug out the bird eggs she had collected on her travels from the storage. Since eggs were difficult to store, she did not store them in Lotte's dimensional backpack, but put them in the storage. From the taste she had tasted before, they had almost no fishy smell, and they were very delicious even if poured directly on rice.

"Let's try this, and then the sugar. Add this in too. As for the cost, can't we raise it to two or three iron coins?"

"It's possible, but fewer people will buy it... But since the little girl said so, I might as well give it a try."

"Um."

After nodding to the stall owner who had become a little more energetic, Ella sat back in her seat and waited for the stall owner to make new tamagoyaki.

——But Ella forgot one very important thing.

The two young demons who were originally wandering around looked towards Ella's position.

"Hey, shall we go over there and take a look?"

"Over there? Isn't that the uncle's stall over there? The food is terrible, so forget it."

"I suddenly wanted to try it again. It's only one iron coin anyway, so what do you think?"

"I really can't help you."

Almost at the same time, the voice of a male demon was heard from the other side.

"Hey, Seru, look at that girl over there."

"Huh? Doesn't that mean you're underage? I remember you like big breasts, right?"

"No, I changed my mind. Now I think small ones are pretty good too."

"...What a perverted hobby! I'm warning you, if you try to do anything here, you'll definitely be taken away by the patrolling guards."

"I know, I know. Just a few words, okay?"

"Hmm... after hearing what you said, I suddenly feel that this girl seems to be different from the ones I've met before... it's a very strange feeling."

"Hey, hey, hey, you like men, don't you? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

"What? You can't."

The two seemed to have reached a consensus at this moment.

"But considering that it's that girl, it seems okay that you'll change your mind, Lapus. This is perfect, as it will save you from disgusting me."

"What? You called me disgusting?"

"Isn't it? No, wait, where's that girl from before? Why is she gone?"

"It's all because of you being nosy."

"Tsk, I'll settle it with you next time. Now I have to go find that girl. We'll talk later."

"Wait, take me with you, I want to go too."

"I know, I know. Let's go."

As for the little girl they mentioned—Ella herself, she had already quietly left the square before she realized that things were starting to get bad.

Chapter 15 Night Tour

Arriving at a deserted street, Ella opened the "Terrain Search" function to confirm that no one was following her, and then she let out a long sigh.

“Phew—I’m glad we caught this early, otherwise things would have definitely gotten worse…”

If he saw correctly, before leaving the square, there were at least a dozen demons following him. Not only that, he even received a lot of food from stall owners on the way. Even when he said he wanted to pay, the other party pretended to refuse and forced the food on him.

"This is a complete disaster... Iris must have experienced this before—huh? Iris? Could it be that this isn't actually due to bloodline, but something like mental magic?"

Recalling Iris's innate magic as the princess of the God-man tribe, the charming effect of "Freya's Eye" that had no gender distinction, Ella couldn't help but frown.

"No... I definitely haven't used any mental magic. There's no indication of that on the status bar. And there's no way there's mental magic specifically targeting demons."

Thinking of this, Ella's expression began to become strange.

"Am I really the Demon King? No, no, no, no, absolutely impossible..."

Ella quickly shook her head. She was a person from another world on Earth, and it was absolutely impossible for her to have an identity like a demon king. She was very clear about this, so the reason why she was attracting demons now must be due to some unknown reason.

Just as Ella was thinking, a voice without any emotion came from the side.

"senior?"

"Eh? It's Fukagan."

Looking up, I saw Shen Gan wearing a short-sleeved top and a short skirt. Since Shen Gan liked to go out and play music late at night, it was not strange to meet her at night.

After putting the xylophone into the box, Shen Gan looked towards the alley behind him.

"I saw someone who looked like you on the street, so I followed him. I didn't expect it to be you. Are those people behind you your bodyguards?"

"Ahh...yes, they'll follow no matter what you say."

"To them, Senpai is like the sun, right? But Senpai comes out at night. Is he unable to sleep?"

"Well, it's too early now."

Ella nodded honestly.

Fukagami showed an expression that said, "As expected."

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